TELEGRAM TO G. K. ORJONIKIDZE

Published:First published in 1942 inLenin Miscellany XXXIV.

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OrjonikidzeRevolutionary CouncilCaucasian Front

Yourtelegram received. There is no point in your being
indignant. If X’s report is
false,[2]calmly write ten lines
of refutation and send it to me by mail. Please add fullest
details about the progress of the fight against banditry and
about the arrangements you made in Kislovodsk for the
Soviet functionaries of whom I spoke here to you
personally.[1]

LeninChairman, Council of People’s Commissars

[1]SeealsoCollected Works, Fifth Ed., Vol. 51, Document 464,
—Ed.

[2]SeeNote 442.